Process Engineer

Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.

This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Process Engineer will focus on optimizing our interconnected components of a manufacturing system. We seek a professional who will develop and apply engineering standards and procedures, providing advice on issues within the engineering field. You will improve the stability, capability and availability of processes while reducing variability and mitigating risks in the operational area. You will enable the operational area to achieve variable and fixed cost and operating efficiency targets, while protecting our people, communities, the environment and assets and honor our business obligations. . (#LI-ES2)

Key Accountabilities

• Collect and analyze operational data and trends and develop recommendations and plans to improve the performance and reporting process of manufacturing equipment and processes and ensure consistent monitoring and early warning indicators

• Help plan and schedule maintenance of plant systems using reliability models and predictive technologies in collaboration with maintenance leadership

• Monitor and manage variable and fixed costs at the site in collaboration with internal technology and finance operations stakeholders

• Help plan and monitor production shutdowns ensuring legal and preventive maintenance compliance of manufacturing equipment

• Help process engineers analyze capital expenditures and project designs to find more efficient, cost effective approaches, which promotes higher quality and reliable outcomes

• Serve as point of contact and interface with third party personnel to assist with setting priorities, monitoring safety and improving their skills over time

• Connect with relevant personnel from other departments within the site or across the business to benchmark practices and assist in the creation of strategies

• Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience

• Minimum of two years of related work experience

• Other minimum qualifications may apply

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Project management aptitude and problem solving experience

• Possesses comprehensive knowledge of engineering subject matter

Position Information

• Relocation assistance will be provided for this position.

• Visa sponsorship will not be provided.

• This position is based in Indiana - Hammond

• Day Shift

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet

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